diff --git a/src/client/client_cli.c b/src/client/client_cli.c
index 27eb93f..43136af 100644
--- a/src/client/client_cli.c
+++ b/src/client/client_cli.c
@@ -2113,7 +2113,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
      to nor transfers to a server.  --write-batch runs the normal live transfer
      AND then emits the batch FILE from a separate deterministic scan pass.  It
      drives the single-threaded transfer so the config outlives the run for that
-     second pass (the -m path takes ownership of the config). */
+     second pass (main retains ownership of the config; every send path
+     borrows it). */
   if (config->read_batch) {
     exit_code = apply_batch_to_dest(config, config->read_batch, config->receive_root_directory);
     goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/shared/config.h b/src/shared/config.h
index c7bdb70..b0ae890 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.h
+++ b/src/shared/config.h
@@ -758,8 +758,9 @@ bool config_has_valid_delete_timing(const Config* config);
 /* Single source of truth for the cross-field ("combination") invariants a
  * Config must satisfy.  Returns NULL when `config` is consistent, or a static,
  * human-readable error string (no trailing period) describing the FIRST
- * violation found.  Pure: performs no I/O, no allocation, no logging and no
- * printing, so it is safe to call from every trust boundary.  The client calls
+ * violation found.  No I/O, no logging and no printing, so it is safe to call
+ * from every trust boundary; the iconv rule does invoke charset_spec_valid
+ * (which parses via str_dup/iconv_open), so it is not allocation-free.  The client calls
  * it from validate_config() for up-front UX and the server calls it from
  * validate_received_config() so the receiver enforces exactly the same
  * invariants it relies on (the server is the trust boundary). */
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/fuzz_chunk_deserialize.c b/tests/fuzz/fuzz_chunk_deserialize.c
index 444a297..f1c7d2a 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/fuzz_chunk_deserialize.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/fuzz_chunk_deserialize.c
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) {
   if (!d)
     return 0;
 
-  Chunk* chunk = chunk_deserialize(d, false);
+  /* Exercise both the metadata and non-metadata chunk layouts: the
+     metadata branch (present flag + 4-vs-72 advance) is only reachable with
+     use_metadata=true, so base the choice on the input rather than hardcoding
+     false. */
+  Chunk* chunk = chunk_deserialize(d, (data[0] & 1) != 0);
   if (chunk)
     chunk_destroy(chunk);